Improvement in tree-protectors



J. BRYAN.

1 TREE-nommen.

No.17.4,114. 1 Patented Feb. 29,1876.

Pfiff UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOHN BRYAN. OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN TREE-PROTECTORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,1 I4, datedFebruary 29, 1876; application filed November 30, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known'tha-t I, JOHN BRYAN, of NewHaven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut. haveinvented a new Improvement in Tree-Protectors; and l do hereby de- Clarethe following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawingsand the lettels ot' reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute partof this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, plan showing the device as applied to the tree; Fig. 2, astrip of the protector enlarged.

This invention relates to a device to be placed around the trunk of atree to prevent the ascent of the moth to deposit the eggs which hatchthe canker-Worm, and which are so destructive to the foliage. Theinvention consists in a strip of exible material, with a succession ofpointed pins through the strip,

so that when the strip is placed around the tree the pinswill projectradially therefrom and otl'er lsuch an obstruction as to prevent theascent ot' the insect.

'a is a strip of leather, rubber, felt, or other suitable exiblematerial, through which, in as close proximity as conveniently can be,comi mon or other suitable pins, d, are inserted from the back side, thepoints projecting all in the same plane.

From such a strip the length required to surround the tree is cut andsecured to the tree, so as to make a continuous roll ofradially-projecting pins around the tree, as indicated in Fig. l. Thesepins are placed so near together that the insect cannot pass betweenthem, and the sharp points offer such an 0bstruction that the insectscannot pass over them; hence, with the tree thus protected, it isimpossible for the insect to pass above the protector. Y

I do not wish to be understood as broadly claiming a lexible band as atree-protector, when the said band is provided with a brushlike orbristle outer surface, as such, l am aware, is not new. Y

I claimi The herein-described tree-protector,.consist ing of theflexible strip a, with a succession or single row of pointed pinsinserted and projecting therefrom, substantially as described.

f JOHN BRYAN.-

Witnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, CLARA BEOUGHTON,

